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The Yips Never Happen Without a Ball! The Root Causes & Fixes for the Golf Yips

golf SMARTER

Josh Karp

Golf, Sports, Society & Culture

4.3 • 577 Ratings

🗓️ 4 September 2018

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

653: Jim Waldron, The Yips Whisperer of Balance Point Golf schools returns to share his globally recognized specialty: The Yips. Jim has successfully helped scores of golfers to overcome their chipping, pitching, putting, and full swing yips issues, which is why he continues to be featured on Golf Smarter. In this episode he breaks down the root causes of the Yips and explains how to eliminate them from your mind and your game! Jim also offers to giveaway an hour lesson to a Golf Smarter listener via Skype chat after you send him a video of your swing. Enter now to win at GolfSmarter.com/giveaway!WIN! WIN! WIN!! Congratulations to Heidi Z of Christiana, PA. Heidi has won a Live Remote Coaching Session to increase her flexibility and strength courtesy of Katherine Roberts of YogaForGolfers.com from episode 651. Each week through the end of 2018, we’re giving away a different prize to a lucky Golf Smarter listener. Prizes include free online lessons from some of your favorite Golf Smarter instructors, a SeeMore putter, a High Heat 257+ Fairway Metal, books, DVDs, and more. Go to https://golfsmarter.com/giveaway or click on the “Enter Here” banner on the top of GolfSmarter.com and enter and win. Once you register, you’re eligible for every prize, every week. Deadline for that week’s entry is Midnight PT/3aET each Sunday. The winner will be announced by random drawing at the end of each new episode. Some restrictions apply, see details on our website.For exclusive content and first access check out Corrected Mistakes on Substack: https://substack.com/@correctedmistake  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

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renno.io. Golf Smarter, number is 653. You know the Yips never happen without a ball. The root causes and fixes for the yps with Jim Waldron.

0:40.8

This is Golf Smarter, sharing stories, tips, and insights from great golf minds to help you lower your score and raise your golf IQ.

0:51.3

Here's your host, Fred Green.

0:53.9

Welcome back to the Golf Smarter Podcast, Jim.

0:57.6

Thank you, Fred. Great to be back again. I think 23rd or 24th time, something like that.

1:03.5

That's, yeah, episode 650-something, and you've probably been on 620 episodes. I don't know.

1:10.9

It seems like we talk a lot, but it also confirms why I get so many emails about what you say,

1:20.1

because you're so good at breaking it down and making it easy

1:25.5

and pointing out things that we think are obvious but

1:28.5

they're not and all of a sudden when you share it with us it's like oh that's what he was

1:35.1

talking about cool yeah yeah what do you think for today more on mental game and yips i i love um you are the yips guy i love talking

1:47.0

about the yips and getting a better understanding of it um it doesn't have to be like a Tourette's

1:53.1

type physical yips right correct and that's it can be pretty subtle yeah Yeah, yeah. Well, let's define Yips first.

2:04.1

Well, no, but before we do that, let's get a brief update of how your season's been and where you have been giving lessons.

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